i don't understand why a good old fashioned NWS lj-cut wasn't good enough for them, but they have to throw this mindless drivel of a warning on top of what might actually be a useful, informative description of something i may or may not want to subject my eyes to. based upon plain old human communication. the little strips of legalese are making my head hurt.

once i gave them a birth year it allowed me to choose the "do not collapse" option. it wouldn't let me do that without a birth year, however.apparently 1896 is old enough for them.(which just goes to show how this is all legal toilet paper anyway.)

I'm also running Adblock and having no troubles from the 6A retrofit. A pattern emerges?

Alternative technique suggested by LJ user marchenland:

"1. Edit your profile: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/profile/?style=mine 2. Set your birth year to something more than 18 years ago Note: If you're not comfortable with people seeing your age, set Show Your Birthday to Nobody. 3. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. 4. Edit your Viewing Options: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/settings/?style=mine 5. Scroll down to the Adult Content section. 6. Set your Adult Content level for your journal. Note: Most adults' LJs contain Adult Concepts (taxes, death, etc.) but I don't think LJ is talking about those things. Use your discretion. 7. Set Viewing Adult Content to Do Not Collapse. 8. Set Safe Search Filtering to Do Not Filter My Results. 9. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. 10. All done. Never think of it again."

insanejournal.com seems to be the preferred migration point for those sick of 6A's bollocks. Their Terms of use are clear and specific about adult content being welcome and unrestricted - and you can send your new IJ across to LJ as a RSS feed.

I want disk space online so I can write some crap every so often, and make that crap look like I want it, is that so hard? Does it have to be about "community"? What the hell! They make it seem as if blogging is the act of buying booze for the underage. Hell, come to my house underagers, I WILL BUY YOU BOOZE!

In related news - 6Apart just announced they sold LJ to "SUP, an international media company".Thread - plus usual appearance of the drama-llama - begins here:http://news.livejournal.com/104520.html?#cutid1

OH... SUP are a Russian firm. That'll make application of US obscenity laws problematic...http://www.sup.com/en/company.html

Russia is a big blogging country - and LiveJournal is now the Russian synonym for blog. But they've had their ups and downs, especially with right-wing nationalist groups posting beheading videos they made...